a. A small tree of New Granada (Simaba Cedron, N. O. Simarubaceæ). b. The fruit of this tree. Also attrib.
1859. Marcy, Prairie Trav., iv. 131. Cedron … is a nut that grows on the Isthmus of Panama … said to be an infallible antidote to serpent-bites.
1866. Treas. Bot., 1059. The Cedron of commerce which looks like a blanched almond, but is larger, is the kernel of this fruit.
1882. Syd. Soc. Lex., Cedron seeds … are employed as a remedy for the bites of serpents, for hydrophobia, and for intermittent fevers.
